Online hackers are extracting revenge against financial websites supporting a crackdown on WikiLeaks. The hacks are forcing the websites to crash. See transcript >>
VOCABULARY
Hacktivist is a portmanteau word—a blend of hack and activist. The definition given by the New Oxford American Dictionary is "a computer hacker whose activity is aimed at promoting a social or political cause". [Source: The Virtual Linguist]
READ MORE
• WikiLeaks vs The Machine (The Independent)
• Operation Payback cripples MasterCard site in revenge for WikiLeaks ban (The Guardian)
